Accession Number | P09223.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of QX16587 Private (Pte) Edward August Manteit, 2/26 Battalion of Goombungee, ...
Description
Studio portrait of QX16587 Private (Pte) Edward August Manteit, 2/26 Battalion of Goombungee, Qld. He enlisted from Toowoomba on 21 January 1941. Pte Manteit died of illness as a Prisoner of War in Siam on 4 October 1943, aged 24. He is buried at the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. His brother QX16955 Pte Arthur James Manteit, 2/26 Battalion was killed in action in Malaya on 15 January 1942 and his uncle QX19544 Gordon Eric Stanberg, 2/26 Battalion died of illness as a Prisoner of War on 13 August 1943.